A DIMITAR BERBATOV penalty secured Spurs' place in the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup.

His 68th-minute spot-kick cancelled out Bart Goor's opener for Anderlecht and the draw was enough to take the Londoners into the last 32.

The Group E match was a repeat of the 1984 final that was marred by violence and there was trouble again last night when Spurs midfielder Didier Zokora appeared to be struck by a missile thrown from the crowd towards the end of the match.

Zokora, formerly of Genk, tried to play down the incident. He said: "I played for four years in Belgium and they hate me.

"It was was difficult but we played very well."

Spurs' makeshift defence kept Anderlecht at bay for the first 45 minutes but their strikers could not find the breakthrough.

Robbie Keane forced a save from Daniel Zitka in the first minute of the second half but Spurs fans were growing anxious.

And they got their wish for Berbatov to be brought off the bench just before the hour mark when he replaced Keane.

But it was Anderlecht who took the lead in the 68th minute when Michael Dawson failed to cut out a Cyril Thereau cross and Goor smashed the ball into the bottom corner.

It took Spurs just three minutes to level after Jermaine Jenas had been felled by Jelle Van Damme.

Berbatov sent Zitka the wrong way from the spot.

Gavin McCann hit his first goal for Bolton to keep alive their hopes of progressing from Group F. His effort just before half-time secured victory over Red Star Belgrade but Bolton must await the results from the final round of matches to learn if they are to progress.